Vitamin E may provide protection against macular degeneration,
the leading cause of blindness among older people, a team of French
researchers has reported.*

Macular degeneration is an eye disorder in the area of the eye
where vision is the sharpest, and is a major cause of vision impairment
among older individuals. Cause of the disease is poorly understood,
and laser treatment has given limited benefit only to a small
percentage of patients.

But, results of tests by researchers in France indicate that
Vitamin E, acting as an antioxidant nutrient, may work against
what scientists call AMD, or age-related macular degeneration.

"These results suggest that Vitamin E may provide protection
against AMD, " the French group wrote in the current issue of
the journal Archives of Ophthalmology.

The researchers studied information from more than 2,500 adults
who were 60 years or older. It was determined that 38 test patients
had late AMD, and that the eye disorder was significantly higher
in patients who were older than 80.

In patients who showed high body levels of Vitamin E, however,
the scientists found that prevalence of late AMD "was decreased
by 82 percent ..."

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future research will uncover other significant health benefits
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